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Vol. 63, No. 134

Tuesday, July 14, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Research, Education, and Economics.

Notice of Strategic Planning Task

Force Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and

Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Agriculture announces a meeting of

the Strategic Planning Task Force on

Research Facilities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Strategic Planning Task Force on

Research Facilities, currently consisting

of 14 members, is scheduled to meet for

the FIFTH of eight planned meetings.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at

the St. Louis Airport Hilton. St. Louis,

Missouri, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on

August 25 and concluding at noon on

August 28. The meeting will be devoted

to a review of the Task Force progress

in data collection and the afternoon of

Thursday, August 27, 1998, to a

discussion of private sector agriculture

research.

TIMES AND DATES: August 25, 1998, 1:00

p.m.–5pm; August 26, 1998, 8:00 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.; August 27, 1998, 8:00 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.; and August 28, 1998, 8:00

a.m.–noon.

PLACE: St. Louis Airport Hilton, St.

Louis, Missouri.

TYPE OF MEETING: Open to the public.

COMMENTS: The public may file written

comments before or after the meeting

with the contact person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mitch Geasler, Project Director, Strategic

Planing Task force on Research

Facilities, Room 344–A Jamie L.

Whitten Building, USDA, 1400

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0113.

Telephone 202–720–3803.

Done at Washington, D.C., on this 6th Day

of July 1998.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and

Economics.

[FR Doc. 98–18451 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Notice of Request for Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Commodity Credit

Corporation’s (CCC) intention to request

an extension for and revision to an

information collection currently

approved in support of the Sugar Loan

Program regulations for sugar beets and

sugarcane. New legislation resulted in a

decrease in burden hours.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before September 14,

1998 to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Merle Strawderman, Agricultural

Program Specialist, Price Support

Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA,

STOP 0512, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20013–

0512; telephone (202) 720–9889; e-mail

Merlel

Strawderman@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.;

or facsimile (202) 690–3307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Sugar Program, 7 CFR part 1435.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0093.

Expiration Date: July 31, 1998.

Type of Request: Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection.

Abstract: The information collected

under Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Control Number 0560–0093, as

identified above, is needed to enable

FSA to effectively administer the

regulations at 7 CFR part 1435 relating

to loans for sugar beets and sugarcane.

Changes in the sugar program authority

contained in the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

modified sugar processors’ requirements

for participating in the sugar loan

program. As a result, the collection of

information on CCC Forms SU–3,

Request for Benefit payment, SU–4,

Surety Bond for Sugar Loan Program,

SU–5, Claims Waiver, and SU–6,

Agreement to Provide Adequate

Financial Assurance is no longer

necessary. Accordingly, CCC is

eliminating these forms and decreasing

the burden hours associated with

participation in the sugar loan program.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this information collection is

estimated to average 16 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Sugar processors and

producers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

30.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 120.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 65 hours.

Topics for comment include but are

not limited to the following: (a) Whether

the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden including

the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; or (d) ways

to minimize the burden of the collection

of information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology. Comments

should be sent to the Desk Officer for

Agriculture, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

D.C. 20503 and to Merle Strawderman,

Program Specialist, Price Support

Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA,

STOP 0512, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20013–

0512; telephone (202) 720–9889. Copies

of the information collection may be

obtained from Merle Strawderman at the

above address.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.